Botreycat

Botrange + alleycat = Botreycat! The third and this year’s last bike adventure race by Bikepacking.be. It is something like an alleycat race starting at the highest point in Belgium, Signal de Botrange (694m) in Waimes.

The concept is, again, pretty straight forward. There are six checkpoints in total (see below), spread around the Signal de Botrange. Visit two of them in a random order before heading back to the Signal. That means climbing to the top three times in total.

The route is free, onroad or offroad, and you can join with any bike. There was a great mix of roadies, mountain bikers, cyclocrossers and the organiser himself on a single speed.

After the start at sunrise (8h42) we head north.

Our first checkpoint: the Vesderstuwdam in Eupen. At arrival you have to send a text message to the organiser, who happens to stand in the middle over here. 😉